[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2495-2496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-865]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4442-N-01]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research--HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: The due date for comments is: January 21, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the
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date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1305. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, an information collection package with
respect to a proposed Notice of Funding Availability for the Hispanic-
serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program (HSIAC). HUD seeks
to implement this initiative as soon as possible.
HSIAC is a new program which provides funds to Hispanic-serving
institutions of higher education to under take Community Development
Block Grant Program-eligible activities in order to expand their role
and effectiveness in helping their communities with neighborhood
revitalization, housing, and economic development. In fiscal year,
approximately 14 grants will be awarded.
Submission of the information required under this information
collection is mandatory in order to compete for and receive the
benefits of the program. All materials submitted are subject to the
Freedom of Information Act and can be disclosed upon request. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid
control number. The OMB Control number, when assigned, will be
announced by a separate notice in the Federal Register.
The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
(1) Title of the information collection proposal:
Notice of Funding Availability and Application Kit--Hispanic-
serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program.
(2) Summary of the information collection:
Each applicant for HSIAC would be required to submit current
information, as listed below:
1. Transmittal letter signed by the Chief Executive of the
institution.
2. HUD Form 424 (Application for Assistance) and OMB Standard 424B
(Non-Construction Assurances).
3. One page abstract.
4. Statement of Work.
5. Narrative statement addressing the factors for award.
6. HUD Form 50070, Drug-free Workplace Certification.
7. HUD Form 50071, Certification of Payments to Influence Certain
Federal Transactions.
8. SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if applicable).
9. HUD-2880, Applicant/Recipient Disclosure Form.
10. Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan.
11. EZ/EC Certification (if applicable).
12. Financial management and audit information.
13. Budget for the project.
(3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed
use:
To appropriately determine which Hispanic-serving Institutions of
Higher Education should be awarded HSIAC grants, certain information is
necessary about the applicant's plan, budget, past and future
capabilities, and the institutional commitment to the program.
(4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the
collection of information:
Respondents will be Hispanic-serving Institutions of Higher
Education, as defined in Title V of the 1998 Amendments to the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 105-244). Grantees will also be expected
to prepare and submit semi-annual monitoring reports and a final
report.
The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 60.
The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information
for applications is one-time because the application need be submitted
only once per grant cycle. The estimated number of respondents to the
monitoring requirements is 14.
(5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that
will result from the collection of information:
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Number of Total annual Hours per
respondents responses response Total hours
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Application..................................... 60 60 80 4,800
Semi-annual reports............................. 14 28 16 448
Final reports................................... 14 14 16 224
Recordkeeping................................... 14 14 16 224
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Authority: Sec. 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: January 8, 1999.
Wayne Eddins,
Reports Management Reports.
[FR Doc. 99-865 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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